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Back to Work: Calm Body, Calm Mind

The Anxious Achiever

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The Power of Intermittent Reinforcement

Worry and anxiety is actually a way that we can feel like we are doing something about the uncertainty. The future is always a theory and we don't particularly like as humans, right? Every so often we do feel like, Oh, well, I actually anticipated this potential outcome. And now I have a way to meet that. It's not often, but with that intermittent reinforcement, we, it's a very powerful reinforcement strategy.

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